I know what you must be thinking, 'He just changed his front page not long ago, and I was just starting to get used to his crappy old layout. Well not anymore. I've decided, for reasons other than just my masochistic approach to web development, to do up the page in a slightly more modern method, hopefully so that when I, finally, come out with my long awaited project (details further down). Until then, you're free to look around at what little there is here. (I know. I say that like you have a choice in the matter.)
Ok, so you want to know what happened to that old PHP page I had posted here. Where'd it go? Where's my monkey? Why do I get dizzy when I spin? You could click on this link to view the old page. Probably not this link. I'm sure it wasn't this link though.
Thanksgiving 2006. In Iraq. Need I say more? Thought not.
Welcome to theBecwar.com. I know I've been fairly lax in actually providing content, and that most people who stumble across this site are probably horribly disappointed at this. Ok, so maybe that's a little narcissistic, even for me. They probably don't give a crap that I've put nothing on this page. But somewhere there are people that like the nothingness. They are happy that there's a place on the web with NO useful information. This is not a pretentious site filled with useful knowledge. (If you want that there's always Wikipedia and its quiet usefulness.) It is in fact a site with nothing but time to stare at the picture of the limecat and contemplate your bellybutton. Why your bellybutton? Well because it's there, and that excuse worked for George Mallory, so why shouldn't it work for me. Why not? Because I am not named George. theBecwar.com will, in its absence of 'George-ness1' attempt to provide you with the same random stuff you've come to the web for. The crazyness with which this passage is written may belie the deep seated wisdom running to you through a steady stream of ones and zeroes. Or it could just be that I'm an idiot who happens to be lucky enough to find the solutions to a lot of problems.
I was not made in the image of a Nerd-God2. I have no superpowers yet. I do, however have about 10 years of feverish paced computer use, and in that time, I've managed to learn how to write 'Hello World' in DOS, Basic, Visual Basic, WSH, Java/Javascript, HTML, PHP, and my personal favorite Ruby. I can, despite many beliefs you may have to the contrary after reading this far, make the office suite jump through a finely conditioned set of hoops. If you wanted help making a PowerPoint show better, or making an Excel spreadsheet more useful (or at least give it pretty colors), I'm your man.
1George-ness: The condition or state of being George ('Duh...')
2Nerd God: See William H. Gates III
I've been through the desert on a project with no name. Ok so I haven't been, but I did come up with the project while in the desert. So there. But seriously. I'm coding this app that will take a text file and transform it into a page much like this one. I'm still working on the backend, but could use suggestions, or voulenteers to assist in the coding process. It's coded in ruby, but even if you can't program, and are technically inept, I'd still like to beg for your help. Yes, you. My intended user group is just the average web user. Not necessarily an advanced web user who knows all about FTP and manually coding HTML in Notepad. I'm aiming for something that is easy enough to use that the average joe can use it (and produce a standards compliant, good looking website), and make it flexible enough to include support for templates, and even advanced customization. Let me know if you'd like to get involved, or if you have any remarkable ideas. (like a name for the project)